Japan to help boost Myanmar’s rice industry through imports and investments
Japan is helping to boost Myanmar’s quest to regain its status as a top rice exporter by importing long-grain rice from the former military ruled Southeast Asian country for the first time in 45 years....
View ArticleMyanmar’s Nobel laureate Suu Kyi meets with Japan PM Abe
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar democratic reformist and Nobel Peace Prize awardee, met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as part of her weeklong visit to Japan. The Nobel laureate has been raising support to...
View ArticlePM Abe to make state visit to Myanmar in May, meet with Thein Sein
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning a visit to Myanmar in May to meet with President Thein Sein to strengthen bilateral ties and fast track economic development projects in the country. This will be...
View ArticleMyanmar planning to revive ‘Death Railway’ built by Japan’s POWs in WWII
The story of the “Death Railway” is a sad one for Myanmar, also only now beginning to find its feet the throes of a recent democratic transformation. The railway was built by captured Allied troops,...
View ArticleJapan PM Abe to make 3-day official visit to Myanmar starting on Friday
As Myanmar opens its economy towards foreign investors, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to strengthen economic and bilateral relations between Japan and the newly democratized Southeast Asian...
View ArticleJapanese firms NEC, NTT to aid in developing Myanmar telecoms network
Japanese telecommunications technology outfits NEC and NTT, with the backing of the influential Sumitomo trading house, are investing in and aiding the Myanmar government in building a fiber-optic...
View ArticleJapan cancels Myanmar’s previous debt, extends new $504M loan
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid a historic visit to Myanmar over the weekend, the first Japanese leader to do so in 36 years, and signed a low-interest loan of 504 million dollars as part of its...
View ArticleJapan’s policies helped Myanmar refugees to rebuild their lives
Myo Myint Swe was a 22 year old pro-democracy activist when he decided to leave Myanmar because life was getting too dangerous for people like him. A friend suggested he flee to Japan, while most of...
View ArticleMyanmar to broadcast Japanese dramas ‘Atsuhime’ and ‘Carnation’
NHK is collaborating with Myanmar National TV (MNTV) to broadcast two hit Japanese dramas, Atsuhime and Carnation. The deal will also mark the first time for then military-governed country to air...
View ArticleNew York fines Japan’s largest bank $250M for transactions with sanctioned...
The State of New York fined Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi-UFJ – Japan’s largest bank – 250 million US dollars (24.2 billion yen) on Thursday for putting through transactions for state and private entities...
View ArticleSoutheast Asia attracts massive spending from Japanese firms
The growing economies in the Southeast Asian region have caught not just the eyes but also the attention of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as well as some Japanese firms. More than the attention, Japan has...
View ArticleMyanmar’s Suu Kyi chides Japan’s lack of repentance for World War II crimes
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Japan needs to repent and make up for its past wrongdoings during its World War II occupation of its Asian neighbours. Suu Kyi made those strong...
View ArticleSuzuki to produce small trucks in Myanmar beginning in May
Suzuki Motor Corp, Japan’s No. 4 automaker by sales, is set to start manufacturing small trucks, as well as spare parts, at its reopened plant in Myanmar this May. The announcement came after it had...
View ArticleJapan uses opportunity of re-opening Myanmar to search for war dead
As the country of Myanmar continues its political and economic reform, rapidly opening to the outside world after years of seeking democracy, officials with a Japanese humanitarian aid group are...
View ArticleNuclear-related North Korean ship cargo confirmed, seized in Tokyo
The Japanese government confirmed on Monday that a Singapore-flagged ship carrying cargo from North Korea that was searched last August was transporting aluminum alloy rods. Chief Cabinet Secretary...
View ArticleMyanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Japan next week
Pro-democracy stalwart and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is set for a visit to Japan next week, her first in 27 years. She last visited the country in 1985 and 1986 when she was a visiting...
View ArticleJapan foreign minister Kishida to discuss North Korea in G-8 meeting
In light of North Korea’s daily barrage of war-like rhetoric and the uncompromising stance of the hermit nation regarding its nuclear program, Japan Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will look to come up...
View ArticleMyanmar’s Muslims not allowed to meet Aung San Suu Kyi in Japan
The Rohingya community in Japan claims that they have been barred from attending a gathering to welcome Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi when she visits Japan later this month. The minority...
View ArticleSuu Kyi visits Japan, set to meet PM Abe and drum up support for Myanmar reforms
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Myanmar democratic reformer Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in Japan on Saturday to ask for the country’s support and investment in her nation’s development. She is expected to...
View ArticleJapan to help boost Myanmar’s rice industry through imports and investments
Japan is helping to boost Myanmar’s quest to regain its status as a top rice exporter by importing long-grain rice from the former military ruled Southeast Asian country for the first time in 45 years....
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